Kiwi sheep shearer Sacha Bond doesn't quite know how she smashed a world record, but she is "stoked about it".
Bond broke the women's solo eight-hour strong wool lamb record on Sunday after shearing 601 lambs, surpassing the previous mark of 510 by Canada's Pauline Bolay.
Bond, originally from Woodville but currently a shearing contractor currently based in Te Anau, Southland, got underway at 7am.
The world record bid was broken down into four two-hour runs; 7am-9am, 9,30am-11.30am, 12.30pm to 2.30pm and 3pm to 5pm, representing a standard eight-hour working day in New Zealand woolsheds with breaks for morning and afternoon tea and lunch.
Bond told AM on Tuesday she couldn't believe she smashed the previous record by 91 sheep.
"My whole goal was just to break it by one, anything else over one was a bonus. So I'm just very proud that did get more than what I was aiming for," she said.
Bond told AM she was able to combine speed with quality shearing, but during her world record bid, the whole thing was a bit of a blur.
"I don't actually know how I did it. Really, honestly, it just happened. It must've been all the training I've put in and it all fell together on the day," she said.
Bond paid tribute to her friend, who fuelled her through the entire eight hours and provided her with quality wholesome food.
"One of my friends came and prepared it all. She's amazing, she's an amazing cook. She made sure that I was just getting fed with the best food I could get," she said.
"Hydration is definitely key and I had a few sugary things. I haven't had sugar for a whole year, so having some sugary things on the day really spiked my levels and gave me a different type of energy at the end."
Watch the full interview with Sacha Bond above.
